I guess it's about time I post pics of my "new" 4th gen..

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Sep 14, 2010 | 08:38 PM
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As I'm sure most of you have noticed, I don't have my CG2 '96 GLE anymore. It had several motor problems (bad water pump, thermostat, possibly a bad headgasket and was misfiring from time to time), had a bad outer tire rod up front, and major rust on the passenger rear quarter panel so I sold it for $500 almost bone stock (left the Warpspeed y-pipe and Stillen muffler on there) and at 232K miles.

At the very end of March, I decided to get a new DD after putting a decent amount of miles on my 5.5 so I picked up this fully loaded DP0 '96 SE for $2500 (came out to $2K with the $500 from my other car). It was bone stock, had a bad leak in the flex section and the clear coat was practically gone on the spoiler but I didn't mind.

I took a lot of parts off my old '96, added a few and this is where it sits right now. I even took the plunge and nominated it for MOTM Anyway, here's basically the post from the nomination which has my mod list for now and some nice pics that I took from the other day.

Info:
1996 Nissan Maxima SE.
Deep Evergreen.
Automatic.
90K miles.

Exterior Mods:
'97-'99 headlights/corners.
Custom fiberglass eyelids.
Clear bumper lights.
David L tails.
Stillen front/rear lips.
Unknown sideskirts.
Sarona roof spoiler.
8000K bi-xenon HID headlights.
3000K HID fogs.
6000K HID reverse lights.
LED'd corners, bumpers and license plate lights.
Maxima.org license plate frame

Interior mods:
'97-'99 Bose radio.
Blue LED gauges, window switches, dimmer switch, dome/map, trunk, courtesy door lights and foot wells.
White LED vanity mirror lights.

Performance mods:
Header wrapped Bomz SRI with K&N filter and custom heat shield.
eBay catback.
Shinjiduo red grounding kit.

Suspension mods:
KYB AGX struts/Eibach springs.
eBay FSTB.
eBay RSTB.
Moog front swaybar endlink bushings.
Ben's rear motivational strut mount spacers.
KYB dustboots/bump stops.

Rims/Tires:
18X7.5" ET42 Akita AK-1's.
225/40/R18 Federal SS595's.

Pics:








Future mods:
35% tint all around.
Sarona badgeless grille.
Color matched lip kit, eyelids and roof spoiler.
Upgraded subframe collars.
RSB.
00VI or MEVI.

Let me know what you guys think, all comments welcome. Sorry for the long *** post
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Sep 14, 2010 | 08:47 PM
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Chris looks sick man I love it only thing I am not a fan of is your muffler, btw let me tint the red part in your tail lights!!
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Sep 14, 2010 | 09:02 PM
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Not a big fan of the riveted wheel, the banner sticker, and the m4d tYt3 JDM plate but it looks good overall.
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Sep 14, 2010 | 09:11 PM
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Quote: Chris looks sick man I love it only thing I am not a fan of is your muffler, btw let me tint the red part in your tail lights!!
I'm not a fan of it either but it sounds good so I'll keep it.

Quote: Not a big fan of the riveted wheel, the banner sticker, and the m4d tYt3 JDM plate but it looks good overall.
Riveted wheels I got for $350 with good tires so I can't complain. They might be replaced come spring with brand new Moda MD6's, I'm just waiting on a PS job. The banner sticker has to stay there since I'm a co-leader. I'm getting a "better looking" one soon than won't be as big and will have a cleaner looking font. I likes my JDM plate, it's unique Has my year and everything.
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Sep 14, 2010 | 09:13 PM
  #5  
are those rims 17's or 18's?
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Sep 14, 2010 | 09:17 PM
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Quote: are those rims 17's or 18's?
18's. The new rims will also be 18's that are wider, have a better offset and are lighter.
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Sep 14, 2010 | 09:24 PM
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Yea I wanna paint my rims and get rid of the curb rash. That or get the track Z wheels.
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Sep 14, 2010 | 09:49 PM
  #8  
sick!!!!!
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Sep 14, 2010 | 09:58 PM
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Quote: sick!!!!!
Thanks. I appreciate it.
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Sep 14, 2010 | 10:21 PM
  #10  
god damn!
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Sep 14, 2010 | 10:31 PM
  #11  
Quote: god damn!
Is that a good or bad god damn?
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Sep 14, 2010 | 10:50 PM
  #12  
dat shyt needs wurk

Playin man, your car tuff as nails.
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Sep 14, 2010 | 11:26 PM
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Quote: dat shyt needs wurk
How could you..I <3 you Ceffy..

Thanks for el compliment
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Sep 14, 2010 | 11:27 PM
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Quote: How could you..I <3 you Ceffy..

Thanks for el compliment
Lets park our cars together so they can "get acquainted"
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Sep 14, 2010 | 11:30 PM
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Quote: Lets park our cars together so they can "get acquainted"
Your place or mine? Then maybe the owners can "get acquainted"?
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Sep 14, 2010 | 11:31 PM
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Quote: Your place or mine? Then maybe the owners can "get acquainted"?
Mine, plenty of purple drank on deck
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Sep 15, 2010 | 04:37 AM
  #17  
Doesnt take much to make a 4h gen stand out...
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Sep 15, 2010 | 08:01 AM
  #18  
Looks great! I was wondering what the story was behind your new ride. It's always nice to see another 95/96 car well done.
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Sep 15, 2010 | 08:22 AM
  #19  
Very clean man congrats on the "newer" ride
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Sep 15, 2010 | 12:17 PM
  #20  
Looks good
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Sep 15, 2010 | 01:33 PM
  #21  
Quote: Doesnt take much to make a 4h gen stand out...
It does when you're on a budget lol.

Quote: Looks great! I was wondering what the story was behind your new ride. It's always nice to see another 95/96 car well done.
Haha thanks. I figured I'd post the whole story since I knew at least one person would ask about it. '95-'96ers FTW.

Quote: Very clean man congrats on the "newer" ride
Thank you.

Quote: Looks good
I appreciate it.
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Sep 15, 2010 | 06:28 PM
  #22  
looks good, but you need a better camera!!!! lol
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Sep 15, 2010 | 06:39 PM
  #23  
Quote: looks good, but you need a better camera!!!! lol
Better camera? I think my 12MP eBay camera does just fine lol.
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Sep 15, 2010 | 11:08 PM
  #24  
not bad,

do you have any problems with your ledbulbs like rapid flashing when using your blinkers and what not?...
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Sep 16, 2010 | 08:34 AM
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Quote: do you have any problems with your ledbulbs like rapid flashing when using your blinkers and what not?...
In the rear I do, but it can easily be solved with resistors. I'm just lazy and haven't gotten around to it.

There's no way to put LEDs in the front blinkers (I searched and found nothing), I tried and they wouldn't light up. For now all I have in there are those chrome bulbs that flash orange.
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Sep 16, 2010 | 11:52 AM
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Where's the green? Looks black, almost blue in a couple of the shots.
Lovin the car. 95-96's look best IMO.
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Sep 16, 2010 | 03:20 PM
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Quote: Where's the green? Looks black, almost blue in a couple of the shots.
Lovin the car. 95-96's look best IMO.
It was a cloudy day, you know how it is. If it was sunny you'd probably be able to see the green. Thanks for the compliment, I agree that '95-'96s look best.
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Sep 16, 2010 | 03:57 PM
  #28  
You convinced me to keep my 96 front end (im still changing the rear tho lol). Looks good!
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Sep 16, 2010 | 04:56 PM
  #29  
Quote: You convinced me to keep my 96 front end (im still changing the rear tho lol). Looks good!
Yes! Keep the rear if you can find a set of David L's.
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Sep 16, 2010 | 05:50 PM
  #30  
That thing looks fantastic. I vote for debadging of the trunk and removal of that windshield vinyl to give it a cleaner look, but that's just my opinion. You really went in a great direction with modding it. Keep it up.
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Sep 16, 2010 | 07:19 PM
  #31  
Looks good Bro..
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Sep 16, 2010 | 08:14 PM
  #32  
Quote: That thing looks fantastic. I vote for debadging of the trunk.
Thanks man. I'm not gonna completely debadge the trunk, but I will remove the Nissan emblem. A fully debadged '95-'96 trunk just doesn't look right to me. If I had a '97-'99 it would be a different story.

Quote: Looks good Bro..
Thanks.
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Sep 17, 2010 | 08:53 PM
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Quote: In the rear I do, but it can easily be solved with resistors. I'm just lazy and haven't gotten around to it.

There's no way to put LEDs in the front blinkers (I searched and found nothing), I tried and they wouldn't light up. For now all I have in there are those chrome bulbs that flash orange.
i kinda figured that that happens on the rear. i read on another forum about that being the problem. also instead of getting resistor to get led rely's, its cheap and it gives you the benefit of the led's (which is to use less power) and it fixes the fast blinking. they run for like $12 on ebay.
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Sep 17, 2010 | 09:24 PM
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Quote: also instead of getting resistor to get led rely's, its cheap and it gives you the benefit of the led's (which is to use less power) and it fixes the fast blinking. they run for like $12 on ebay.
PM me a link to these relays..
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Sep 20, 2010 | 07:26 PM
  #35  
why do the maximas look so good there in the states...our ones here in oz are a different shape except for the 3rd gen.....but 4th gen on...they are different shape and look like a different car all together.....nice 4th gen btw
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Sep 20, 2010 | 07:34 PM
  #36  
its about time man.......looks good although i'm probably biased as mine is the same color.
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Sep 20, 2010 | 08:52 PM
  #37  
Quote: why do the maximas look so good there in the states...our ones here in oz are a different shape except for the 3rd gen.....but 4th gen on...they are different shape and look like a different car all together.....nice 4th gen btw
Maximas there are probably I30/I35's but thanks for the love.

Quote: its about time man.......looks good although i'm probably biased as mine is the same color.
I wanted to wait until I got some good pics sorry! lol But thanks, DP0 FTMFW?
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Sep 21, 2010 | 02:04 AM
  #38  
Awesome! I really like the grill on the 95/96. It just looks so good with the lip and all that goodness.
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Sep 21, 2010 | 12:49 PM
  #39  
Quote: Awesome! I really like the grill on the 95/96. It just looks so good with the lip and all that goodness.
I couldn't agree more! Thanks bro.
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Sep 22, 2010 | 02:38 PM
  #40  
Clean ride, and as stated cant tell its green or that lip isn't matched.. Sits nice on those rims
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